A crowded table: keyed threats, a compact roster, a ledger selector, host-only starts
Threats are keyed by seat as well as hand and spell, so two opponents building the same spell no longer crash the board (regression test). Past three wizards the rail lists the others on a line each with health, condition and whether they have moved; a row of names turns the ledger toward any wizard, as do pressing a warning or choosing a target; each seat keeps one colour across the ledger, the warnings and the rail. The result strip folds untouched wizards into one line. A full table no longer begins by itself: the host begins at every size and may send a bot away. Target lists carry health and condition, and an intent sentence says what the reveal will do. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0141G6xqLeNRYEtviLWSB5Up
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<img src="/guide/table.png" alt="A table being laid: the invite link, a roster of seated wizards, an empty-seat count, and the host's button to begin." />
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<p>A table fills as wizards open the link. Whoever laid it is the host: they may seat a bot in any empty chair and they begin the duel when the company suits them, from two wizards to twelve. Once begun, the seats are closed and the ledger opens.</p>
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<p>A table fills as wizards open the link. Whoever laid it is the host: they may seat a bot in any empty chair or send one away, and they begin the duel when the company suits them, from two wizards to twelve; a full table waits for them too. Once begun, the seats are closed and the ledger opens.</p>
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<p>A duel between people is played by turns, whenever each of you has a moment. The page keeps watch and fills itself in when the others have moved; the masthead's <em>room</em> button copies the invite for latecomers who wish to watch.</p>
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<img src="/guide/ledger.png" alt="The ledger: a table with a turn number down the left, two letter columns for each wizard, and spells named in ember beneath the gesture that finished them." />
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<p>This is the game, as Bartle drew it: one row a turn, two columns a wizard, one letter a hand. <strong>F</strong> wriggled fingers, <strong>P</strong> proffered palm, <strong>S</strong> snap, <strong>W</strong> wave, <strong>D</strong> pointed digit, <strong>C</strong> clap. A dagger is a stab; a dash, a hand that rested. A gesture written in ember finished a spell, and the spell is named beneath it.</p>
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<p>The bottom row is the turn being written. Your letters appear as you choose them; your rivals' show as <strong>?</strong> until the reveal. A question mark in an older row means a gesture you were not allowed to see: you were blind, or they were invisible. With many wizards the ledger runs sideways; the turn and your own two columns stay pinned while you slide across to the rest.</p>
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<p>The bottom row is the turn being written. Your letters appear as you choose them; your rivals' show as <strong>?</strong> until the reveal. A question mark in an older row means a gesture you were not allowed to see: you were blind, or they were invisible. With many wizards the ledger runs sideways; the turn and your own two columns stay pinned while you slide across to the rest, and a row of names above it turns the ledger toward any wizard. Pressing a warning or choosing a target does the same. Each wizard keeps one colour in the ledger, the warnings and the rail, so a name met in one place is known in the next.</p>
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<img src="/guide/sheet.png" alt="The spell sheet, open at Fireball: its gestures, what it does, and buttons to plan it with the left or right hand." />
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<p>The rail shows every wizard: fifteen marks of health, the enchantments on them and for how long, and the creatures that serve them with hits left and damage dealt. Your own creatures take orders beneath your hands each turn and keep attacking what they last attacked until told otherwise.</p>
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<p>The rail shows every wizard: fifteen marks of health, the enchantments on them and for how long, and the creatures that serve them with hits left and damage dealt. Past three wizards the rail lists the others on a line each, with their health, what matters about their condition, and whether they have written their turn; press a line to open it out. Your own creatures take orders beneath your hands each turn and keep attacking what they last attacked until told otherwise.</p>
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<p>The spell sheet lists all forty spells. Gestures you have already made light up along each sequence. Open a spell to read it, then <strong>Plan with left hand</strong> or <strong>right hand</strong> to pin it and make its next gesture, which is how a duel begins when nothing is yet under way.</p>
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